The Carson Family
From Washington County,
Virginia
To Rockcastle County, Kentucky
To Jellico, Tennessee
To Davie, Broward County, Florida
James Holman (Holdman, Holeman)
Born: about 1814 in Madison County, Kentucky
Died: about 1886 in Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky
James Holman (Holdman,
Holeman) was born about 1814 in Madison
County, Kentucky. He lived in the area of Brodhead (Stigall's
Stand) and Crab Orchard, Kentucky, which are on the border of three Kentucky counties: Lincoln,
Garrard, and Rockcastle.
On June 4, 1835 in Garrard County, Kentucky, James Holman was married to Martha
Ramsey, the daughter of Alexander Ramsey, by Baptist minister Benjamin Polston.
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The results of the DNA tests show that the descendant of James Holeman, b. 1814 is:
"very tightly related" to the descendant of the Daniel Holman who was born about 1787 in North Carolina, had children in Tennessee, and homesteaded in Douglas County, Missouri;
"very tightly related" to the descendant of the Kenneth Holeman who died in 1871 in Upperfreehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey who is thought to be a descendant of Robert Holeman, died 1709 in New Jersey;
"related" to a descendant of the Elias Holeman (1759 - 1827, Burlington County, New Jersey); and
"related" to the descendants of Thomas Holeman, who was born about 1723 in Kent County, Maryland and who moved from the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia to North Carolina about 1750.
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The Missouri Territory was originally known as the Louisiana Territory and was renamed in 1812, to avoid confusion with the new state of Louisiana. The Territory of Missouri existed from 1812 until 1821. (In 1820, a portion of the Territory became the state of Missouri.) In 1819, the Territory of Arkansas was created from a portion of the southern area of the Territory of Missouri.
Arkansas County was created from New Madrid County, Missouri Territory. Arkansas County was part of the Missouri Territory from 1813 to 1819 and part of the Arkansas Territory from 1819 to 1836.
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HOLMANS near the MISSOURI/ARKANSAS Border
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JOHN and FRANCES (SUTHERLAND) HOLEMAN
Descendants of Isaac Holeman, died 1808, of Davie County, North Carolina in Arkansas and
Thomas Holeman, died 1798, of Wilkes County, North Carolina in Arkansas.
* John Holman was the grandson of Isaac Holman, died 1808.
* Frances Sutherland was the grand daughter of Thomas Holeman, died 1798.
1808 - The Osage ceded their rights to northwest Arkansas to the government of the United States.
1818 - The United States government established a reservation for the Western Cherokee. (In the early 1800s, Cherokees were moved out of Tennessee into Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri.)
1828 - The reservation was given up, and the land again became the property of the federal government.
Madison County, located in the northwestern area of Arkansas, was created in 1836 from Washington County. Washington County was created in 1828 from Lovely County, which existed for only a year because of changes in Treaties. In 1827, the earliest white settlers arrived and began to establish farms and towns. The great majority of settlers came from Tennessee, traveling by flatboat and wagon. In Madison County, Arkansas, there is a "Holman Creek" which flows into War Eagle Creek.
Carroll County was created in 1833 from Izard County. William Sneed and his son Charles Sneed were the area’s first settlers (1840s) in Carroll County.
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Conflict: The Holeman/Holman Newsletter "Descendants of Isaac Holeman ca1725-1808, version compiled July 1992" shows the son of James Holeman and Lucy Cook as the
John Holeman who married Nancy Alnutt in 1806 in Surry County, NC. This may have been revised in later newsletters.
SUTHERLAND'S AND THEIR TANGLED BRANCHES
By
Robert J. Walsh
98. JAMES HOLEMAN, m. LUCY COOK, daughter of Rev. WILLIAM COOK, founder or the Bear Creek Baptist Church. In 1836 both JAMES and his wife LUCY expired after a sudden illness while passing through Tennessee on their way to Missouri, they were buried in an unmarked grave which their descendants have never been able to locate.
JAMES and his wife LUCY (COOK) HOLEMAN, (98) were the parents of nine children.
112. JOHN HOLEMAN, m. FRANCES SUTHERLAND, (89)
89. FRANCES SUTHERLAND
b. ca 1796 in North Carolina
d. After 1850 in Arkansas
m. ca 1821 JOHN HOLEMAN in Tennessee
b. ca 1789 in North Carolina
d. After 1850 in Arkansas
Shortly after their first son was born, this couple migrated to the Arkansas Indian Territory where they settled in the northwestern part of Washington County, which was created from the territory of Missouri in 1819. When the Territory was admitted to the Union in 1836, that part of Washington County where they lived was set aside and formed into Madison County, Arkansas in 1836.
JOHN HOLEMAN, with 249 acres was shown on the tax list of that county 1837-1845. Within the next five years they moved and are shown in the 1850 federal census of Carroll County, Arkansas. They were the parents of seven children or more.
176. JACKSON HOLEMAN
177. DANIEL HOLEMAN
178. JOSEPH HOLEMAN
179. MILLY HOLEMAN
180. JOHN J . HOLEMAN
181. ELIZABETH HOLEMAN
182. PETER HOLEMAN
After their parents JOHN and FRANCES (SUTHERLAND) HOLEMAN, died in the 1850s, older children married and moved away, the younger children were taken in by other families, as shown in 1860 census of Madison County, Arkansas
(See North
Carolina Surnames)
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Is this the same John Holman who moved to Arkansas?
John Holman in the 1820 United States Federal Census
Name: John Holman
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Gallatin, Kentucky
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 4
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 5
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 7
Source Citation
1820 U S Census; Census Place: Gallatin, Kentucky; Page: 120; NARA Roll: M33_17; Image: 134
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John Holman in the Arkansas, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1819-1870
Name: John Holman
State: AR
County: Washington County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1836
Record Type: Tax list
Page: 020
Database: AR 1830-1839 Tax Lists Index
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Arkansas, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1819-1870 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
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John Holman in the Arkansas, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1819-1870
Name: John Holman
State: AR
County: Madison County
Township: Arkansas Territory
Year: 1838
Record Type: Tax list
Page: 005
Database: AR 1830-1839 Tax Lists Index
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Arkansas, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1819-1870 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
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John Holmer in the 1840 United States Federal Census
Name: John Holmer
[John Holman ]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 80 thru 89: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 3
Source Citation
Year: 1840; Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: 19; Page: 36; Family History Library Film: 0002474
Note:
John Holman and Frances Sutherland.
The older male is Daniel Southerland (1753-1843), the father of Frances Southerland. He was married to
Grace Holeman who was the daughter of Thomas Holeman, died 1798, of Wilkes County,
North Carolina.
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John Holeman in the 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: John Holeman
Gender: Male
Age: 61
Birth Year: abt 1789
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1850: Prairie, Carroll, Arkansas, USA
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: Agriculture
Real Estate: 300
Cannot Read, Write: Y
Line Number: 25
Dwelling Number: 333
Family Number: 333
Household Members:
Name
Age
John Holeman
61 North Carolina
Frances Holeman 34
North Carolina
Isaac Clark
13 Tenn
Jackson Holeman 22
Tenn
John J Holeman
3 Ark
Peter Holeman 10
Ark (mulatto)
Source Citation
Year: 1850; Census Place: Prairie, Carroll, Arkansas; Roll: 25; Page: 146A
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John Holman in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: John Holman
Age: 70
Birth Year: abt 1790
Gender: Male
Birth Place: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Prairie, Carroll , Arkansas
Post Office: Berryville
Dwelling Number: 694
Family Number: 676
Occupation: Farmer
Real Estate Value: 1000
Personal Estate Value: 1025
Cannot Read, Write: Y
Household Members:
Name
Age
John Holman 70
North Carolina
Frances Holman 45 North Carolina
John H Holman 13 Arkansas
Matilda Jones 12
Arkansas
Source Citation
Year: 1860; Census Place: Prairie, Carroll, Arkansas; Page: 789; Family History Library Film: 803038
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Who is this?
William Holeman in the 1840 United States Federal Census
Name: William Holeman
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Sugar Loaf, Carroll, Arkansas
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 2
Free White Persons - Under 20: 7
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 9
Source Citation
Year: 1840; Census Place: Sugar Loaf, Carroll, Arkansas; Roll: 17; Page: 47; Family History Library Film: 0002474
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Is this a son of the above William Holeman?
John Holeman in the 1840 United States Federal Census
Name: John Holeman
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Sugar Loaf, Carroll, Arkansas
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 5
Source Citation
Year: 1840; Census Place: Sugar Loaf, Carroll, Arkansas; Roll: 17; Page: 47; Family History Library Film: 0002474
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Is this the widow of the above William Holeman?
Sarah Holman in the 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Sarah Holman
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1805
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1850: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas, USA
Line Number: 18
Dwelling Number: 753
Family Number: 755
Household Members:
Name
Age
Sarah Holman
45 Tenn
William Holman 18
Ark
Dusana Holman 15
Ark
James Holman
13 Ark
Susan Holman
11 Ark
John Holman
9 Ark
Martha Holman
7 Ark
Source Citation
Year: 1850; Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: 27; Page: 302B
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Is this a son of the above William Holeman?
Joseph Holman in the 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Holman
Gender: Male
Age: 10
Birth Year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Arkansas
Home in 1850: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas , USA
Line Number: 32
Dwelling Number: 710
Family Number: 710
Household Members:
Name
Age
Aron Owens
30 Ky
Jane Owens
25 Ala
Ellender Owens
8 Missouri
Charlotte Owens
6 Ark
Racheal Owens
11 Ark
Elizabeth Owens
2 Ark
Joseph Holman
10 Ark
Source Citation
Year: 1850; Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: 27; Page: 299B
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William Holeman and Lillis Houston Johnson
Descendants of Isaac Holeman, died 1808, and Thomas Holeman, died 1798.
William Holman was born in Overton County, Tennessee, son of
Hudspeath Holeman (1795-1837), and a descendant of Isaac Holeman, died 1808. He married
Lillis Houston Johnson about 1838 (divorced in 1865). (Her mother was a descendant of Isaac Holeman, died 1808; her father was a descendant of Thomas Holeman, died 1798.) He moved from Tennessee to Arkansas around 1850. He married second
Sarah A. Smith in 1876 in Barry County, Missouri.
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William Holdman in the 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: William Holdman
[William Holman]
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1816
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1850: Jefferson, Independence, Arkansas, USA
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: Agriculture
Real Estate: 300
Line Number: 5
Dwelling Number: 2
Family Number: 2
Household Members:
Name
Age
William Holdman
34 Tenn
Lilly Holdman
33 Tenn
Columbus Holdman
11 Tenn
Hilchpeth Holdman
9 Tenn
Mary A Holdman
7 Tenn
Margaret A Holdman
6 Tenn
William H Holdman
4 Tenn
Isaac T Holdman
1 Tenn
Source Citation
Year: 1850; Census Place: Jefferson, Independence, Arkansas; Roll: 26; Page: 312A
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Williams Holeman in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Williams Holeman
[William Holman]
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1826
[1810]
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Tennessee
Home in 1860: Ashley, Independence, Arkansas
Post Office: Batesville
Dwelling Number: 631
Family Number: 620
Occupation: Farmer
Real Estate Value: 1500
Personal Estate Value: 1000
Cannot Read, Write: Y
Household Members:
Name
Age
Williams Holeman
34 Tenn
Lilie H Holeman
33 Tenn
Columbus Holeman 22
Tenn
Hedepeth Holeman
18 Tenn
Mary A Holeman
17 Tenn
Margaret A Holeman 15
Tenn
William H Holeman 13
Tenn
Jeston Holeman
9 Ark
Atsaluer C Holeman
5 Ark
David J B Holeman
4 Ark
Milly M Holeman
3 Ark
Source Citation
Year: 1860; Census Place: Ashley, Independence, Arkansas; Page: 94; Family History Library Film: 803043
Independence County, Arkansas was created in 1820 from Lawrence and Arkansas Counties. Lawrence County was created in 1815 from New Madrid County, Missouri, and at one time covered most of north Arkansas.
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The Tandy Holmans of the James River in Virginia
Albert James Holman (1818-1885), Son of Spencer Albert Holman and
Esther Chrisman, is buried in the Holman Cemetery in Lamar, Johnson County, Arkansas. His grandfather,
James C "Yancey" Holman (1769-1843) is buried in the Shiloh Cemetery in Dade County,
Missouri. James C "Yancey" Holman (1769-1843) is the son of
John Holman (1731-1818) and Susannah Yancey; and the great grandson of the
William Holeman who married Ann Tandy.
Frank Cheatham Holeman (1864-1936), son of Albert James Holman (1818-1885).
Mr. Holman brought his family from Tennessee to Johnson County Arkansas when his children were young. They settled on the mountain north of Lamar, Arkansas. There they built a school and church building which they name for him. It had a huge fireplace at each end. Mr. Holman, who was a stone mason, built the fireplaces and also dug a big well. The well is still there. A newer building replaces the old one and is now the Holman Free Will Baptist Church. There is also a large cemetery named the Holman Cemetery. Frank Holeman married
Martha "Mattie" Harmon on January 25, 1883; and married Rowena Mae Friar Smith
on January 1, 1914.
Johnson County, located in northwest Arkansas, was created in 1833 from Pope County.
Pope County was created in 1829 from Crawford County.
Crawford County was created in 1820 from Pulaski County.
1818 - Much of the future county was within a Cherokee reservation and therefore unavailable to American settlers..
1820 - When originally created , Crawford County encompassed a large part of Indian Territory and all or part of five present-day counties—Scott, Sebastian, Franklin, Washington, and Pope.
1840 - Approximately 4,000 people had arrived, and settlements started.
1850 - Immigrants and freight could enter the county by traveling the State Road (Wire Road) from the north, paralleling the western boundary, from Springfield,
Missouri to the Arkansas River.
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Arkansas County was the first county and Lawrence County was the second county formed in Arkansas. Lawrence County was created in 1815 from New Madrid County, Missouri, and at one time covered most of north Arkansas.
Who is this?
James A Holman in the 1830 United States Federal Census
Name: James A Holman
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Lawrence, Arkansas Territory
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 8
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 10
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 10
Source Citation
1830; Census Place: Lawrence, Arkansas Territory; Series: M19; Roll: 5; Page: 9; Family History Library Film: 0002473
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Who is this?
Andrew Holeman in the 1840 United States Federal Census
Name: Andrew Holeman
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Lawrence, Arkansas
Military Service: Veteran
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 2
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 2
Source Citation
Year: 1840; Census Place: Lawrence, Arkansas; Roll: 19; Page: 13; Family History Library Film: 0002474
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What is the Holman/Sneed connection?
White River Valley Historical Quarterly
Volume 1, Number 2 - Winter 1961
HISTORICAL ROADS OF THE WHITE RIVER VALLEY
THE DUBUQUE - OSAGE ROAD
By Elmo Ingenthron
The Dubque - Osage road is one of the oldest roads in the upper White River region. It was opened for travel about 1830 by William Sneed, his son Charles and a neighbor, John Boyd. The Sneeds came from Kentucky and settled on White River near the mouth of Bear Creek prior to the above date. While living on White River they located a claim of several thousand acres of good land on Osage River located in what is now Carroll County, Arkansas. With the aid of their slaves they had cleared several acres of land on the new claim and had grown a crop of corn before removing from White River to their new claim on the 0sage in Arkansas. The Sneeds and Boyds with the aid of their slaves opened the Dubuque - Osage road. This road facilitated moving to their new claim and gave them access to the Dubuque boat landing for marketing products and obtaining supplies. John Boyd, one of the teamsters, is commonly given the honor of having driven the first team over this road into Carroll County, Arkansas.
Note: Many researchers show William Sneed as William Holman Sneed. Is this his widow,
Keziah Frances Graham, and adult children?
Kizziah Sund in the 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Kizziah Sund
[Kizziah Sneed]
Gender: Female
Age: 70
Birth Year: abt 1780
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1850: Sugar Loaf, Carroll, Arkansas, USA
Line Number: 24
Dwelling Number: 221
Family Number: 222
Household Members:
Name
Age
Kizziah Sund
70 Ky
Franka Sund
48 Ky (idiotic)
neighbors:
Samuel Sneed (age 34, Ky) and family
Charles Sneed (age 49, Ky) and family
Peter Sneed (age 37, Ky) and family
Source Citation
Year: 1850; Census Place: Sugar Loaf, Carroll, Arkansas; Roll: 25; Page: 137A
(See Virginia Surnames)
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Other Holmans in Arkansas
Douglas County, Missouri
Daniel Holeman of Douglas County, Missouri
Daniel Holeman in the 1840 Census
Douglas County, Missouri Surnames
Census Records for family of Daniel Holeman
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